Sarah Brown is a businesswoman, philanthropist, author and the wife of former UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown
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Sarah Brown is a businesswoman, philanthropist, author and the wife of former UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown
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Although she was acquainted with Gordon Brown through their brief encounters at Labour events, it wasn’t until a trip in 1994, that their romance blossomed. After six years of seeing each other, they got married in a quiet private ceremony on August 3, 2000.
In 2002, she lost her firstborn daughter, Jennifer Brown, who died 10 days after birth.
She has two children with Gordon Brown; John, who was born on 17th of October, 2003 and James Fraser, who was born on 17th July, 2006.
Sarah was born in Beaconsfield, to Pauline, a teacher and Iain, a Scotsman, who was employed in the publishing company, Longman. Her early childhood was spent in Fife and Tanzania and later she shifted with her mother and her stepfather to North London. She has two younger brothers Sean and Bruce.
She studied at the Acland Burghley School and Camden School for Girls and then enrolled to the University of Bristol, where she obtained her degree in psychology.
Sarah started her career working as a PR executive for Wolff Olins, a brand consultancy firm. When she was 30, in collaboration with a friend from school she established her own PR firm, ‘Hobsbawm Macaulay’.
In 2001, she took a break from her career and left the firm to concentrate on raising a family.
In 2002, she founded the international children’s charity, ‘PiggyBankKids’ which mobilises funds to support research into problems that arise during pregnancy. This organization works in partnership with charities, such as Chance UK, Clic Sargent, Demelza House, Place2Be, etc., to work on several projects.
In support of the various works done by the ‘Special Olympics Great Britain’, she helped publish and edit ‘Journey To The Sea’, a collection of new fiction travel, in 2005.
In 2012, she co-founded the ‘Global Business Coalition for Education’, an organization that brings together global corporate leaders to take an active part in the education of children.
In 2011, she published a memoir on her experiences at 10 Downing Street, entitled ‘Behind the Black Door’. Although the book was panned by critics, readers found the humorous anecdotes and simple story quite compelling.